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We don’t suppose that anyone feels “welcome” at the thought of entering the 52% tax bracket. But the truth is, every time you open a beer, that’s how much of it is going to Federal and Provincial taxes. In fact, 52% is the national average. Since the recent provincial tax hike here in British Columbia, we're actually paying more than 56%, which is one of the highest rates anywhere in the free world. To get specific, of the $10.80* Canadians pay for 12 bottles of domestic beer, $5.62 goes to Federal and Provincial taxes, $2.31 is spent on production, $1.08 on labour, 86¢ on sales and distribution and 76¢ goes to packaging and recycling. The brewer makes 17¢ profit on the case, or 1.4¢ per bottle. We think beer taxes are already too high and should be kept from climbing higher. And we wanted you to know the facts, so that next time anyone suggests raising taxes on beer, you can ask yourself what’s fair. *Prices may vary by brand and region IF YOU THINK THE TAX ON BEER IS UNFAIR, LET US KNOW. We'd like to hear your opinion. If you believe 52% tax on beer is already too high, and you'd like to see something done about keep- ing it from climbing higher please fill in this form and send it to us. Name - - O Yes, I think the tax on beer is too high Address City . - Yes, I'd like more information about . beer a a jon. Prov ____ Postal Code nd taxat Mail this form to: The Brewers of Canada PO. Box 82518, Burnaby British Columbia V5C 9Z9 SEASON OVER. ... The Robson River Otters wrapped up another swim season with an owanggioner recently. The top swimmers for the season all received awards for their efforts. SWIM SEASON ENDS Top Otters receive awards The Robson River Otters finished anbdther swim year with their annual awards dinner. All swimmers re. ceived awards. The top swimmers bringing in the most club points were Tim Austin, 227; Kim Verigin, 223; Mike Byers, 201; Trevor Seville, 177; Jason Sch wepher, 174 and Devon Goolief, 154 Aggregate awards went to the swimmers who earned the most club points in each stroke. The Molly and Ed Sorge trophy for the top over-all female aggregate went-to Kim Byers, The Marg and Art Anderson trophy for top overall male aggregate went to Tim Austin. The James and Emily Martin trophy for best female individual medley went to Kim Byers. The Joan T. and Gertie Webster family trophy for best male individual medley went to Kim Verigin. The Scotties Marina trophy for best female butterfly went to Kim Byers. The Capt. C.O. and Marion Suther. land and Family trophy for best male butterfly went to Tim Austin. The O.B. Ballard Family trophy for best female freestyle was shared by Kim Byers and Kristy Verigin. The Nancy and Stanley Humphries and Family Trophy for best male free style was also shared by Kim Verigin and Tim Austin The Dr. W.L. Wright Memorial trophy sponsored by Don and Dar McDowell went to Treena Goolief. The Castle Bowl trophy for best male backstroke went to Kim Verigin. The Gough Electric Ltd. trophy for best female breaststroke went to Kristy Verigin. The George P. Wanjofi Family trophy for best male breast stroke went to Mike Byers. The next set of awards were determined by the coach. Most improved female swimmer award, sponsored by Marjorie P. Waldie, was given to Tammy. Bez aire. The R. Waldie trophy for most improved male swimmer was given to David Shingler. The Gordon R. Brown and Family trophy for female sportsmanship was awarded to Hea New York pitching getting even better ther Sutherland. The Johnny's Groe ery and Gas Sales trophy for male sportsmanship was Lee Holden. The Oborne Award for best atten dance was received by Kristy Veri gin. The T. Scott Family trophy for female encouragement went to Jan Holden. The Gillman trophy for male encouragement was given to Scott Sutherland. The Sam Horkoff Mem orial award for most valuable female swimmer was presented tb Treena Goolief. The R.A. Fowler Trophy for most valuable male swimmer went to Mike Byers. The River Otters have had a successful year and would like to thank the community for its support Fay Rodgers, Roselyn Cook, Suzanne Carter and Marie Phillips. At the awards ceremony, Aimie Chernoff captured the major trophies including the Bob Brandson Trophy for the most points throughout the year and the trophy for the best all-around swimmer. The Pilar Al verez Trophy for the girls’ best butterfly went to Jodi Young while the most-improved breast-stroker was Ryan Billar. Alex Hartman captured the Coach es Award for his hard work and and Jason Burns for their hard work. Coaches Joan Fairbairn and Tom Carew had something extra up their sleeves as they had some humerous awards to give to Mathew Small, Ed Chernoff, Tammy Bridges, Aimie Chernoff, Jen Small, and Wendy Gouk. This was the last official event of the 1988 season for the Castlegar Aquanauts so now swimmers and parents can rest up over the winter and look forward to a good season in 1989. Kings hoping to switch divisions TORONTO (CP) — The Los Angeles Kings will seek to switeh divisions with the Toronto Maple Leafs when the National Hockey League's board of governors meets here next week, the Toronto Sun says. The Kings want to move to the Norris Division to join the Detroit Red Wings, the Chicago Blackhawks, the St. Louis Blues and the Min nesota North Stars. Toronto would go to the Smythe Division to take the Kings’ place with the Edmonton Oilers, the Calgary Flames, the Winnipeg Jets and the Vancouver Canucks. One year ago, the Kings put the same proposal to the board and it was narrowly rejected. Now, with Wayne Gretzky in the lineup, the Kings are confident they can manoeuvre the switch beginning in the 1989-90 season, the newspaper says. The Kings want the chance to reduce travel costs and to bring more U.S. teams to Los Angeles, the newspaper says. With the Leafs in the Smythe Division, the NHL would have an all-Canadian division. Meanwhile, the Sun says the Kings have been in contact with Vladislav Tretiak, the former star goaltender of the Soviet national team, diseus- sing a possible comeback. The newspaper says Gretzky called Tret- iak to determine his interest. Tretiak is currently teaching at a hockey school in Montreal. Sept. 11. By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Cougars Athletic Association is planning a 100-mile bicycle road race in the area on Bike race planned to last about 7'4 hours and the finish line will be in front of the old train station. It's the first race sponsored by the Cougars and Braga said if it's successful, the club will hold a By The Associated Press It's hard to believe, but the New York Mets’ pitching is getting even better. Bob Ojeda tossed the Mets' 19th shutout of the season, a six-hitter Tuesday night in a 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. The host Mets won for the seventh time in their last eight games and opened a 7'/2-game lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates in baseball's National League East In the last nine games, only once have New York's opponents scored more than one run. The Mets are ona pace to pitch the most shutouts since 1969, when the Tom Seaver-led staff had 28. “I still can’t believe that I won 1-0 tonight,” Ojeda said after his fourth shoutout of the season. “This is the third time this year.” On Monday night, David Cone pitched a one-hitter as New York beat the Padres 6-0. “The way those two guys pitched against us in these two games makes my batters feel sick,” Padres manager Jack McKeon said. Elsewhere in the National League on Tuesday, it was: Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Montreal Expos 2; Cincinnati Reds 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4; Philadelphia Phillies 7, San Francisco Giants 5; St. Louis Cardinals 9, Atlanta Braves 1; and Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Ojeda, 9-12, struck out six and walked one. He had lost five of his previous six decisions, including the last four, and was winless since July 29. In his losses, the Mets have gotten him two runs or less seven times. Left fielder Kevin McReynolds threw out two San Diego runners and also scored the only run, in the seventh inning. McReynolds hit a leadoff double and scored when Gary Carter followed with a single. Dennis Rasmussen, 12-8, had won 10 of his previous 11 starts with the Padres and the last five straight. He gave up six hits, struck out two and walked one in seven innings. Reds 6 Pirates 4 Danny Jackson became the NL’s first 19-game winner and tied Minnesota's Frank Viola for most victories in the majors. Jackson, 19-6, gave up five hits in 8 2-3 innings. Phillies 7 Giants 5 Rookie Ron Jones's bases-loaded single in the eighth inning rallied Philadelphia over San Francisco, which fell 8'/ games behind NL West-leading Los Angeles. Phillies reliever Kent Tekulve|pitched in his 1,000tH major league game, only the second to reach that mark. Hoyt Wilhelm leads with 1,070. Cardinals 9 Braves 1 Greg Mathews pitched four-hit ball for eight shutout innings and Jose Oquendo hit a three-run homer for St. Louis. Mathews, 3-4, got his first victory since May 4 and helped the Cardinals win their third in a row. He made his third start since spending three months on the disabled list with an inflamed left shoulder. Astros 7 Cubs 4 Joaquin Andujar got his first victory since July 18 with relief help from Dave Smith. Andujar, 2-5, allowed three runs on six hits in six innings. Smith worked 1 2-3 innings for his 23rd save. More than 40 bike racers are expected to enter the race which begins and ends in Castlegar. The racers will wind their way along the Castlegar to Trail highway before tackling a gruelling hill-climb up to Rossland. From there the cyclists will ride back down to Trail and on to Fruitvale, Salmo, Nelson and then back to Castlegar along the Nelson to Castlegar highway Race organizer Tony Braga told the Castlegar News he is expecting a good race with competitors showing up from around the province. The racers will be competing for B.C. Bicycle Association points for provincial standings, as well as $500 each for the mens’ and womens’ first-place finishers. “The racers like the long-distance races like this,” Braga told the Castlegar News yesterday. “They thrive on long distances and hills.” The best areas to watch the cyclists should be in the hill-climb sections in Rossland and along the road between Trail and Fruitvale. The race is expected similar event next year. He also said the Cougars need more volunteers to assist with race- organiza- tion, traffic control and water stations. There will also be a bicycle “scrimmage” or warmup on Saturday before Sunday's main race. The purpose of the scrimmage, Braga said, is to keep the riders in shape for the main race and also give local cycling ghthusiasts a chance to see the racers up close in town. The scrimntage course is the entire block around Stanley Humprhies secondary school and prizes will be awarded to the best riders in the warmup event The entrance fee is $25 and Braga said all interested riders should contact the Cougars Ath. letie Association in Castlegar. “The more riders we get, the more successful the race will be,” he said. “If its a hit we'll hold it again next year.” The entrance fee is $25 and is open to all members of the B.C. Bicycle Association. Expos continue to slide By WESLEY GOLDSTEIN One was the month-long continua- rigit-field corner to drive in two Canadian Press tion of the Expos struggles at the sere runs. MONTREAL — The Los Angeles plate, that has seen the club lose 130f | “He's a pretty good hitter,” Dodgers and Montreal Expos have its last 16 games. The other was the Holman said. “I threw him a fastball been going through the same type of pitching of Dodgers ace Orel Her- low and away, but he just reached out and hit it.” Walker takes tournament Otto Walker carded the low gross score for men in the nine-hole Ladies Host Seniors tournament at the Castlegar Golf Club last week. Walker finished with a 40. Ken Henderson was the runner up with a low gross score of 43 after nine holes. Diony McArthur was the winner in the womens’ low gross contest. She finished with a 42. Sue Forrest finished four strokes back to take second place. Cecil Bradford carded a 34 to take the mens’ low™ net score and runner-up Art Lewis finished one stroke back. Mary Perehudoff won the ladies’ low net competition with a 36 followed by Dawn Haines who finished with 40. Paula Belton, Abe Culley, Pete Murphy and Belle Gray comprised the low net winning-team with a total of 145 strokes after nine holes. Alice Papp, Tom Wilson, Gerry Rust and Diane Jeffrey placed second with a 157. Dawn Haines, Rene Archam bault, Otfo Anderson and Mary Martin were on the third place squad and Bud Lother, Alice Shutek, Gerry Wichert and Shelia MacLachlan made up the fourth-place team. All three teams finished at 157 12 strokes back of the winners — and the positions were established by retrogression. In other golf news, Castlegar's Diane Jeffrey won the Fernie Ladies’ Invitational golf tournament last week. Jeffrey finished the 18-hole event with a 76. Cherri Baker took second place, four strokes behind Jeffrey. Judy Wayling and Marilyn Johnstone also took part in the tourney A’ well, seven Castlegar ladies were on hand for the annual Rossland-Trail Golf Club Challenge last Thursday at the Rossland-Trail golf course, The Castlegar team tied with the Nelson Ladies’ Golf Club in the hunt for the Challenge Cup Trophy cycle lately, except that the effect has been dramatically different “We're not hitting the ball real well these days, but the big thing is that we're still coming up with the wins,” manager Tommy Lasorda said after the Dodgers picked up their fifth straight National League base- ball victory Tuesday night — 4-2 over the Expos. “That's the “mark of a good team.” * The Dodgers managed only five hits against rookie Brian Holman, 2-6, and reliever Andy McGaffigan, but bunched three of them in the second inning and came up with three runs. “I just had one bad inning, but sometimes a bad inning will kill you,” said Holman, who struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings. There were two reasons Holman and the Expos couldn't overcome the second inning. shiser, 18-8. “It's a pretty wicked combination,” said Expos second baseman Tom Foley. Hershiser pitched his third straight complete game, giving up six hits while striking out nine. “He's one of the best there is and e's got to be the leading Cy Young date,” Montreal manager Buck gers said. “Giving him a three. run lead is like giving someone else a six-run lead.” Holman's trouble in the second began after he had given up a one-out walk to Franklin Stubbs and a single to John Shelby He seemed to be out of trouble when shortstop Rex Hudler thrilled the crowd of 21,454 by lunging through the air and stabbing Tracy Woodson's hard line drive. But then Alfredo Griffin singled home Stubbs before Hershiser doubled into the While Holman was impressed by Hershiser's hitting, he was more impressed by his pitching. “That guy can paint (the corners),” Holman said. “He's got such good stuff and he hits it right where he wants, it's just unbelievable.” Hershiser, who was given a fourth run when Steve Sax’s grounder delivered Griffin from third in the fifth, struggled only in the fourth when the Expos stranded two, and in the fifth, when he gave up a pair of runs. Montreal scored their runs as Tim Raines doubled home Hudler and scored on Dave Martinez’s single. “We had our chances, but we couldn't do anything with them,” Rodgers said. “And against a Her- shiser, you have to take advantage of whatever you can, because the chances don't come too often.”